But you ARE using a diy system??

Thank you. Thats the kind of response I was after. Those are the reasons I am looking st and can think of disadvantages on my own! During the covid fiasco I framed in my basement and will be wiring and plumbing soon. So I saterted thinking that instead of just a bar and kitchen, I may wanna...

Not sure there have been any advantages mentioned yet. Those systems are pretty pricey to not have any significant, or at this point, insignificsnt advantages. I didn't even ask about an all in one:D Having been in the industrial setting for the majority of my life I know that more complication...

I guess I'm really just tryin to determine what advantages there are in these systems.

Hey all. Just lookin for some opinions on upgrading my system. I've been brewing in a keg I cut the too out of 20 years ago. Heating with a turkey frier, mashing in a 10 gallon igloo, fermenting in a carboy. I batch sparge. I was considering moving indoors and so possibly electric heating. WOW...

I got a real puzzling question. Thanks in advance for any help... today I took a shot at a baltic porter. 21 pounds grain bill and it SHOULD have yielded an og in the high 1.080's at least, but I'm lucky to have gotten 074 and that was continuing my boil from 60 min to 105 min. I collected...